GHA Group (Bryn Melyn, Vale Travel + Others)

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RE: GHA Group (Bryn Melyn, Vale Travel + Others)

(19/12/2015 11:15)knutstransport Wrote:  It's hard to predict what GHA or D&G will do in Cheshire.

It was surprising that D&G registered the 300 Knutsford Circular daytime service commercially after High Peak withdrew the service, given D&G had no other bus routes in Knutsford. They do now run the D&G Little Bus flexible service in the Knutsford area.

However, when Cheshire East put the Friday/Saturday evening Macclesfield services out to tender (which D&G had acquired as a result of buying Bakerbus) GHA were the only operator to put in a bid.

GHA no longer operate the Holmes Chapel-Sandbach or the Northwich-Frodsham services. I don't know if that was a case of GHA not being interested in those routes (which are infrequent with low patronage) or a case of whether smaller operators offered to run the services for lower subsides. I think the 289 service comes up for renewal next year, it'll be interesting to see what happens with that.

I'd imagine that GHA would want to keep hold of the 289, always seems to have decent loadings. It could probably run on a higher frequency as I've heard a lot of people moaning about it being infrequent.